Staff Backend Integrations Engineer (Remote)

1US01 Alight Solutions LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan with match

Generous leave (time off)

Parental leave

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Alight Solutions LLC is seeking a Staff Backend Integrations Engineer to design and build the integration infrastructure behind the Benefits Intelligence experience. This hands‑on role requires building reliable, scalable systems and integrating Data Engine capabilities with Worklife.

The ideal candidate will define architecture, APIs and workflows, ensure observability, and collaborate across Engineering, Product, UX, Data and platform teams to deliver production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive software engineering experience and ownership of complex production applications.
• Deep expertise in application data modeling, API design, and backend services, with proficiency in modern front-end development.
• Demonstrated 0→1 system design and build experience for complex B2B use cases and non-technical users.
• Product judgment and ability to convert ambiguity into clear technical decisions and incremental delivery.
• Experience integrating new capabilities into established products and tech ecosystems, including extending existing services and UI components.
• Independent execution of cross-functional technical leadership across multiple Engineering and Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the application architecture, domain model, workflows and business logic for the Benefits Intelligence module.
• Design and build application services and APIs connecting Worklife with the Data Engine, including interfaces, error handling and observability.
• Lead the technical integration of Data Engine capabilities into Worklife and develop new admin experiences as needed.
• Establish reusable full-stack engineering patterns for maintainability, security, testing, observability and deployment.
• Translate product concepts into pragmatic technical options and drive implementation with Product and Architecture.
• Drive technical execution across Engineering, Product, UX, Data and platform teams and resolve dependencies.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design

Data modeling

Frontend development

Product judgment

Cross-team leadership

Job description

Alight Solutions LLC is seeking a Staff Backend Integrations Engineer to design and build the integration infrastructure behind the Benefits Intelligence experience. This hands‑on role requires building reliable, scalable systems and integrating Data Engine capabilities with Worklife.

The ideal candidate will define architecture, APIs and workflows, ensure observability, and collaborate across Engineering, Product, UX, Data and platform teams to deliver production-ready solutions.